Which 4 boxers would you put on Mount Rushmore of boxing and why?

[Blue54]

I got John L Sullivan, Dempsey, Ali and Floyd who you got and why?

[Mammoth]

The 4 kings duh

[HTown Killer]

Dam the 4 kings is a hell of choice but whenever you look at Durans career goin forward after the 'No Mas' fight you think to yourself dam well I can't leave Ray Robinson or Ali off that Mountain. With floyd in one of your top 4 list its hard to argue that Hagler was better than floyd in terms of opponents on the resume an for how long floyd fought. I'm not even gonna argue over the ****** flaws people might have with floyd like whenever he fought somebody or how he won the fighs at the end of the day he won an finished undefeated

[W1LL]

John L. Sullivan
Harry Greb
Willie Pep
Rocky Marciano

Four white American heads, just like the real thing. It is a wonder that the real Rushmore hasn't been targeted as a sign of oppression tbh.

[ThunderFists]

Ali tyson pacquiao floyd

The most recognisable names ever in boxing

[Marvlus Marv]

Matthew Hatton, Butterbean, Big Enzo Mac and Vic Darchinyan.
Is there even a debate?

[anonymous2.0]

Ali, Jack Johnson, Sugar Ray, Duran

[Marchegiano]

Broughton - Because between him and Figg most of the standards used today are established. We focus a lot on how people fight per era, not so much how they sell or what equipment they use. Figg started it but Figg never really bother to make boxing any different from fist fighting duels where as Broughton made it a sport by looking back to the Greeks for answers in how the industry should operate.

Mendoza - Hit and don't be hit back boxing came from him. He is your first fencer in a world where boxers fight sword and shield or broadsword. Defensive posture, position, footwork, counters, all that jazz came from Mendoza. Also the inventor of using the media to sell and ticketing for a single sporting event.

Yankee Sullivan - It's John L we give credit to, but, a full generation prior there was a US import named Sullivan who came to us from Australia through Ireland. Promoted himself in the old-world as an America, in America he was found out after he seconded an Englishman against an America when the American died in the ring. From there Sullivan was national news tied in with the first anti-immigration political wave in the US; aimed at the Irish for being violent and importing violent european culture to good wholesome america. Sullivan was the villain of the States, chased from NY to California where a vigilante squad would catch and murder him, but, not before he could pay his due in the ring. Tom Hyer represented "young america" a political group not unlike *** today, whose goal was the to ride the US of Europeans. America for Americans born in America was their thing. Yankee being the national villain already, this is what kicked off US interest in the sport. John L., Dempsey, they're just riding off an industry created on the hate for one man. And US interest, well, that **** is what shaped the sport to what it is now. It may be a world sport, but, it's the US version that went world, not the UK. The UK sport got killed by the US sport.

Louis - First real world HW champion. Everyone pre-Louis should have an astrix. They're either from a very small "world" where US+UK=World or they don't fight black folks, or, both, and so not very worldly champions. Louis is the first real deal, whole world, any race, anyone can get it.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, Duran

[boogbx]

Sugar Ray Robinson
Roberto Manos de Piedra Duran
Muhammad Ali/ Sugar Ray Leonard
Salvador Sanchez / Manny Pacquiao